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Claudia Curran
Le Bleu Jean 🇫🇷
Think of anyone from Jane Birkin to James Dean and you’ll think of one principal staple to their laid back style: blue jeans. Jeans are the basic building block for an authentic casual cred.Birkin simply added a denim jacket, Dean a leather biker jacket. What will you add? A pair of on-trend trainers to walk your pooch in the park? Oversized black Jacqui O glasses and a cap for that lazy weekend lunch? Or a cute French net bag for meandering through the markets? ...
Claudia Curran
Inès de la Fressange: some lessons to master the offbeat look à la Parisienne
Inès de La Fressange is a former French model, fashion designer and perfumer. She was born in Gassin, near Saint Tropez, on the 11th of August 1957.Her look is considered d'aristo cool. She famously said - "If you don't feel comfortable in a plunging sweater, skin-tight jeans and killer heels, go home and change".Here are her tips to perfect the offbeat look à la Parisienne. Wearing jeans with gem-encrusted sandals, not sneakers A pencil skirt with ballet flats, not heels; An evening dress with a straw handbag, not a gold clutch A chiffon print dress with battered biker boots, not brand-new ballet flats A...
Claudia Curran
How To Say I ❤️ You In French
9 Ways To Say I Love You In French Je t’aime de tout mon coeur – I love you with all my heart Je suis amoureux/amoureuse de toi – I’m in love with you Je t’aime passionnément – I love you with passion Je t’aime à la folie – I’m crazy about you Tu es l’amour de ma vie – you are the love of my life Tu es mon grand amour – you’re my biggest love J’ai eu le coup de foudre pour toi – it was love at first sight Je te kiffe – I love you / I fancy you using actually an Arabic...
Claudia Curran
Our French Connection
Our French Connection We’ve heard much about the French naval origins of our beloved Breton stripes but did you know that the French navy's connection to Australia dates back to European settlement? Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse left the French port of Brest in 1785 with two ships L’astrolabe and La Boussole for an expedition to the Pacific. It’s widely accepted that part of his mission was to investigate the new British colony in Australia, although there is plenty of historical evidence that the ships were carrying a cargo of trees, seeds, iron, copper- in short a cargo suitable for a new French...